Production planning that keeps up with the shop floor
EpoSystem sequences work across every stage, reserves the materials each job needs, and shows which orders are at risk — recalculating as reality changes rather than at the end of the week.
- Plans across
- Every workflow stage
- Recalculates
- When anything changes
- Forecasts
- Weeks of capacity ahead
What planning has to survive
A production plan is accurate when it is written. These are the things that change it, usually before lunch.
A machine stops
Everything queued behind it moves, and so does every promise that depended on those dates.
A delivery slips
Work that was ready to start is not, and the people assigned to it need something else to do today.
Someone is absent
A stage that needs a specific qualification suddenly has no one who holds it.
An urgent order arrives
It has to fit somewhere, and something else has to give — the question is what, and whether the customer needs telling.
From order to schedule
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Your workflow, described once
Define the stages an order passes through and which roles may run each one. Every project follows that flow afterwards.
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Work sequenced by real capacity
Jobs are ordered by who is qualified and available, which machines are free, and what materials have arrived — not by the dates anyone hoped for.
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Materials reserved to the job that needs them first
Stock is committed to a specific job, so two orders cannot both be planned around the same parts.
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Risk surfaced while it is still early
Orders that will not make their date are flagged in advance, with the reason — a missing part, a full stage, an absent qualification.
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The plan follows reality
When something changes on the floor, the schedule updates. Nobody has to rebuild it by hand.
Answer the next-order question from the plan
The hardest question in manufacturing is whether to accept the next order. EpoSystem forecasts workload per team and per machine, so the answer comes from the schedule rather than from instinct.
- Workload per team and per machine, weeks ahead
- Predicted finish date for every project
- Delivery confidence, so you know which dates are safe to promise
- Overload visible before it becomes overtime
- Holidays, shifts and absences included automatically
Frequently asked questions
Is this an APS system?
Yes — EpoSystem includes advanced planning and scheduling. The difference from a standalone APS tool is that the plan, the shop floor and procurement are one system, so the schedule reflects what is actually happening without anything being synchronised between tools.
Do we have to plan everything manually first?
No. Describe your workflow stages once and the system plans from your real orders. You can always reorder work by hand — the plan is a recommendation you control.
Which manufacturers is it suited to?
Project-based and made-to-order production: modular houses, furniture, metalwork, joinery and similar work, where every order passes through several stages and no two are identical.
How long before we see a working plan?
Most companies have their workflow described and a real project scheduled within the 14-day trial.